Show FA FARM RM CORN AND ALFALFA BEST LAMB RATION may need no supplement if both feeds are good by W E morris extension animal HU husbandman 1 university farm st paul service corn and alfalfa will make about the most profitable ration the lamb feeder can provide for his flock this this winter if both feeds are of good quality it is doubtful at present P prices rices that a supplement of any kind need be fed whole shelled corn has been found acost a most suitable grain ration when on full feed lambs weighing from 60 to 85 pounds should eat from one and one half to two pounds of grain per head daily including any supplement provided and from one and one fourth to one and one half pounds of hay if a common cammi n roughage is used such as prairie hay a protein supplement should be fed at the rate of one pound daily to each five lambs the supplement can be linseed oil meal corn gluten meal cottonseed oil meal or soybean soy bean oil meal depending on which is lowest in cost if corn is not available whole barley oats wheat or rye may be fed alone feeding oats alone however is not recommended for fattening lambs but only for starting lambs on feed and finally should not make up more than 25 per ceni cent of of the grain ration lambs should gain at least one third of a pound daily making a gain of 25 to 30 pounds in 75 to days of feeding an efficient feeder will have his lambs fat enough to kill out well and suitable to the packer in that period of time slightly above 90 pounds is a good weight to be begin 9 in marketing lambs if they are fat experiments show that it is best to ta feed all the grain lambs will clean u up p in about 20 minutes time twice a day hay also is best fed twice daily the hay should be fed after the lambs have eaten their grain |